Spine
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For bone and joint infections, oral antibiotics match IV, cost less
For bone and joint infections, oral antibiotics are as good as IV antibiotics and cost much less.
Case Reports
Systemic Hypothermia as Treatment for an Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in a Professional Football Player: 9-Year Follow-Up
The following report provides clinical follow-up on a National Football League player who sustained a complete cervical spinal cord injury (SCI)...
Case Reports
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome as a Complication of Scoliosis Surgery
Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of scoliosis surgery. The anatomical...
Original Research
Combined Anterior-Posterior Decompression and Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
We conducted a study to evaluate the operative details, perioperative complications, and short-term outcomes associated with combined anterior-...
Original Research
Music Therapy Increases Comfort and Reduces Pain in Patients Recovering From Spine Surgery
The treatment of pain continues to gain in saliency as a component of defining best practice in medical care. Music therapy is an integrative...
Original Research
Is a Persistent Vacuum Phenomenon a Sign of Pseudarthrosis After Posterolateral Spinal Fusion?
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the vacuum phenomenon (VP) resolves after posterolateral lumbar fusion, and whether persistence...
Case Reports
Don’t Forget the Pulses! Aortoiliac Peripheral Artery Disease Masquerading as Lumbar Radiculopathy—A Report of 3 Cases
Orthopedic surgeons commonly encounter patients with lumbar radiculopathy. These patients typically seek treatment for lower back or buttock pain...
News
Benefit of lumbar fusion for spinal stenosis found to be small to nonexistent
Key clinical point: The benefit of adding lumbar fusion surgery to decompression surgery for spinal stenosis was nonexistent in one large trial...
Case Reports
14-Year-Old Boy With Mild Antecedent Neck Pain in Setting of Acute Trauma: A Rare Case of Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Spine
A 14-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with neck pain after a football accident. Imaging revealed a discrete, expansile, lytic,...
Original Research
Clinical Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Versus Open TLIF: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study
In this study, we compare intermediate-term outcomes in minimally invasive surgical transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF) to open TLIF...
Clinical Review
Epidemiology, Treatment, and Prevention of Lumbar Spine Injuries in Major League Baseball Players
In recent years, increased attention has been paid to injuries occurring in Major League Baseball (MLB) players. Although most of the current...